Jan 27, 2021
The chain of command is a well established military leadership given. I have three stripes, you have none, so do what I say or else. In the post war period, this leadership idea was transposed across to Civvy street by returning soldiers. This worked like a charm and only started to peter out with the...
Jan 20, 2021
Best laid plans of mice and men. That was 2020 wasn’t it. We all started that year with our plans, hopes, aspirations and strategies in place. They all went down in flames and business became a game of catch as can, as we tried to grapple with an unfolding disaster. In our company’s case, our financial year...
Jan 13, 2021
Most leaders are not properly trained for leadership. This is especially the case in Japan. Here you study under the mentorship of your busy, time poor, over worked boss. Your access to formal leadership training is constrained by the firm’s buy in to the dubious virtues of On The Job Training or OJT. I am sure...
Jan 6, 2021
Japan has a wonderful year end tradition where the entire house is given a massive clean up. Dust is dispatched, junk is devolved and everything is made shipshape. We need to do the same with our business and I don’t mean cleaning up your desk. We have two types of people working for us. There are those who receive...